Tested using Vista Ultimate RTM, Linksys WPC54GS NIC, Linksys WAP54G AP,
802.11g LAN with WPA2-PSK/AES without radius server and SSID broadcast
disabled, on IBM Thinkpad R51 laptop. Device drivers for Linksys NIC are MS
drivers from Vista DVD.
When adding a wireless network definition in Vista manually, by selecting
WPA2-Personal/AES/PSK and entering the SSID and (long) shared secret, vista
fails to connect with an error message, but the network definition entry is
visible in the list. Hitting the [+] "Add" icon and attempting a second time
then successfully connects.
Suggest a possible bug in the UI in the case of networks where SSID
broadcast is disabled.
[Sanity check This is a known-good NIC and wireless LAN in daily use with
WinXp machines, and the settings for the wireless LAN were verified on a
WinXp Sp2 machine.
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